You probably need to identify what you personally consider to be "better" in a road bike. I thought about a Hilsen, but got a Ram. I'm not sure I could have told the difference at the time, as far as which was "better". What I later found made an enormous difference was tires. I went from Ruffy Tuffy to Jack Brown greens. It's like a different (and better) bike! You might find the feel you're seeking by going the other direction and putting on narrower tires.
IMHO, you should experiment extensively with tires on your Hilsen to see if you have some sort of revelation about feel. I think you'd regret trading away the Hilsen for some elusive sense of road feel. What if you did trade for a Ram and discovered you actually liked it less? ----- Original Message ----- From: Shawn To: RBW Owners Bunch Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 6:34 AM Subject: [RBW] AHH as a road bike Now that I have the Atlantis, I have been thinking of making my Hilsen more of a roadish type bike to use on week-end rides with my friends on our smooth local MUP. Can anyone tell me how the AHH might handle, ride and look with 25mm to 28mm tires on it. I know most people don't ride that skinny of a tire but any feed back would be appreciated. I am trying to separate the two bikes into two distinct categories; Atlantis- touring, camping, commuter= big tires; Hilsen- club rides, events, exercise, go faster=skinner tires. It seems like the Hilsen’s clearance are wasted now that I have the Atlantis. I know it sounds like I want a more traditional type road bike and the Roadeo would fit that bill perfectly, except there is the matter of finances, can’t sell the Hilsen to totally finance the Roadeo, and I am not crazy about the fact the Roadeo does not have brazeons for at least a Mark type rack. Is the Rambouillet a better road bike than the Hilsen? If so maybe I should trade or sell my Hilsen for a Rambouillet. I want to be clear that I do not want to race, I just want to make a clear distinctions between the two bikes. Sorry about the long post and thanks in advance for any advice or feedback. Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
